This product entered Cuba in 1748 through business man from Dominican Republic but just 50 years later, its exploitation began with commercial aims, when French people entered Cuba running from the Revolution of Haiti. In 1827 there were about 2000 coffee plantations. The tradition is kept now a... more

Tobacco

he first inhabitants of the Island began to die in mass because they could not resist ¨civilization¨. Nevertheless those Spanish man who were living in Cuba were already used to tobacco consumption.
As time passed by tobacco plantations were developed in the Island and the knowledge and know how... more

Rum

The history of the Cuban rum began in 1493. Christopher Columbus brought the first crops of sugar cane in his second trip to Cuba. At the beginning the aborigines discovered its virtues. After that, the sugar mill and the refineries functioned by African slaves multiplied the production. At the end... more